5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, October 11-13

Catch a sci-fi satire featuring body horror at the cinema this weekend or catch up on Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated film and more at home

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Margaret Qualley in a still from The Substance, one of five films and shows worth watching in Hong Kong this weekend, at home and at the cinema. Photo: Universal Studios

Published: 3:22pm, 10 Oct 2024

For cinema-goers, our pick of the weekend is a recent Cannes Film Festival winner with shades of Canadian director David Cronenberg’s work, and starring US actress Demi Moore.

If you prefer to stream your entertainment, you are in for a feast: pick from animation master Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, an Oscar-winning movie director’s first series for Apple TV+, a lavish Korean period epic and an emotional roller coaster of a film that reminds viewers of Hongkonger Eric Tsang Chi-wai’s acting chops.

1. The Substance

French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat follows up her bloodthirsty festival favourite Revenge with some ghoulish body horror reminiscent of David Cronenberg.

THE SUBSTANCE | Official Trailer | In Theaters Now

In what has been heralded as a career-reviving turn, Demi Moore stars as Elisabeth Sparkle, an ageing actress who embarks on an experimental black-market cloning procedure.

This gives birth to a fresh-faced doppelgänger, in the form of rising star Margaret Qualley, who proceeds to take Hollywood by storm in this scathing sci-fi satire about the disposability of women in a patriarchal world.

The film won the best screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival when it premiered there in May.

The Substance opens in cinemas today.